The Shenandoah Valley Music Festival (SVMF) in western Virginia, USA, hosts concerts in the summer.

My wife (Joyce) and I have been privileged to be hired to perform and drone photography, hope you enjoy this compilation of our shots over four concerts (America, Bela Fleck, Marty Stuart, and Davel Revels' Shadows of the 60s Motown Tribute.



Hope you enjoy it!

Nicely filmed.    

Evidently a popular event.  Nicely done.

Lovely footage.    That's quite a large outdoor music festival venue.

DAFlys Posted at 8-7 00:08
Nicely filmed.

Thanks for your kind words.

I've noticed that the Mavic 3 (used for this drone footage) attracts attention from birds, I had a killdeer flying over me for quite a while, even after the drone was shut down. Probably drawn to the prop frequency.

Blériot53 Posted at 8-7 02:42
Evidently a popular event.  Nicely done.

Thanks! It's a nice venue in the mountains, we've seen seven bands (the four listed above plus Kansas, Pure Prarie League and Firefall) perform there and were paid to be there for four, so that's kinda cool.

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-7 04:30
Lovely footage.    That's quite a large outdoor music festival venue.

Thanks! It's in the mountains of the Shenandoah Valley, with enough elevation that it's a bit cooler than most of the surrounding area. One mountain to the west starts shading the venue about 20 minutes before sunset, so it's not been terrible (even in July, which was HOT).

When we were attending the Firefall concert - not flying or shooting, just sitting in lawn chairs and drinking LOL - we spotted a couple of shooting stars. After all, a meteorite is also fire falling, so that was rather appropriate!

HighlandFoto Posted at 8-7 04:42
Thanks! It's a nice venue in the mountains, we've seen seven bands (the four listed above plus Kansas, Pure Prarie League and Firefall) perform there and were paid to be there for four, so that's kinda cool.

HighlandFoto Posted at 8-7 04:45
Thanks! It's in the mountains of the Shenandoah Valley, with enough elevation that it's a bit cooler than most of the surrounding area. One mountain to the west starts shading the venue about 20 minutes before sunset, so it's not been terrible (even in July, which was HOT).

When we were attending the Firefall concert - not flying or shooting, just sitting in lawn chairs and drinking LOL - we spotted a couple of shooting stars. After all, a meteorite is also fire falling, so that was rather appropriate!

You're very welcome.  What a coincidence for those shooting stars to make their presence known during the Firefall concert.  

HighlandFoto Posted at 8-7 04:40
Thanks for your kind words.

I've noticed that the Mavic 3 (used for this drone footage) attracts attention from birds, I had a killdeer flying over me for quite a while, even after the drone was shut down. Probably drawn to the prop frequency.

Seems to happen to all the models,    Ive been experimenting with some red tape which seemed to help increase the distance the birds get.

DAFlys Posted at 8-8 00:32
Seems to happen to all the models,    Ive been experimenting with some red tape which seemed to help increase the distance the birds get.

I noticed that birds didn't care much when I flew the Phantom 4, but definitely were drawn to the Mini 2, and now the Mavic. Seems to me like the Phantom had a deeper noise from the props, maybe the other drones are sounding more like insects to the birds?

Let me know how your experiments play out!

HighlandFoto Posted at 8-8 08:50
I noticed that birds didn't care much when I flew the Phantom 4, but definitely were drawn to the Mini 2, and now the Mavic. Seems to me like the Phantom had a deeper noise from the props, maybe the other drones are sounding more like insects to the birds?

Let me know how your experiments play out!

I always assumed the Phantom's were less prone due to their size and less of a bird like shape.

Thanks for sharing

Nicely filmed.   

A J Posted at 8-12 11:57
Thanks for sharing

You're welcome! Hope you enjoyed it!

ro_walker Posted at 8-15 19:24
Nicely filmed.

Thanks very much!

HighlandFoto Posted at 8-19 09:41
Thanks very much!

You're welcome, mate!!

HighlandFoto Posted at 8-19 09:41
You're welcome! Hope you enjoyed it!

I certainly did

Very Nice Job.

Great work!

BetterBizTech Posted at 8-24 18:02
Very Nice Job.

Thanks so much!

Montfrooij Posted at 8-25 00:14
Great work!

Thanks, glad you liked it!

HighlandFoto Posted at 8-25 09:23
Thanks so much!

You;re welcome.

HighlandFoto Posted at 8-25 09:23
Thanks, glad you liked it!

You're welcome!